Showing posts with label sewing machine cover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing machine cover. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 October 2014

A Special Gift for a Special Friend


My best friend and sewing buddy has been away for a couple of months now, touring through the southern parts of Africa and South Africa, and during this time she left her sewing machine for me to use and for safe keeping while they're away.  

Looking at the picture below her Bernina B580 looks remarkably bigger than my little Artista, keeping in mind that my machine is dropped inside the table.  There is not much difference between the two machines except maybe the sleek modern design and a few technical advances.  


Anyway, I wanted to give her a little something I knew she did not have. She's been sewing and quilting most of her life so it was pointless to give her more sewing supplies. Believe me when I say that her sewing room is filled with anything and everything you'll ever need for any type of sewing.  So it got me thinking, she would always cover her machine with a towel at the end of the day when she closed up her room.  So I decided to make her something pretty instead.




To finish it off I made a pincushion and scissor pouch that matches.  If you want to make your own scissor pouch I wrote a tutorial some time ago that you can fine HERE.



It felt really good spending some time in my sewing room again after being in a bit of a lull these past few months, I guess I needed a bit of push and encouragement which is exactly what I got from all of the comments that was left during last week and this weeks' link ups.  Thanks again everyone!!! (hugs)


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Friday, 17 January 2014

Quilted Sewing Machine Cover

I have been meaning to make a sewing machine cover for my little Bernina for ages now.  I had one that I made soon after I got my machine, but let me be honest, I had NO idea what I was doing.  The measurements where off, it was wonky and it was just not 'pretty'.  After my husband made a drop in table top for my sewing machine soon after it did not longer fit snug over my machine anyway.  Sure it served its purpose, but I really wanted something that not only protects my machine from dust, but it really had to look pretty too.  


Aren't the spool blocks cute?!  I recently started saving all the selvage edges of fabric I have been using for exactly something like this.  There are so many projects that I've seen where they are being used and I just knew I wanted to make something with them.  This was the perfect little project for them!

Shared on Instagram - @marelizeries



...and just for fun I made a cute pincushion using an old tuna tin, and a thread catcher to go with it.





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